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Biographical
Sketch:

Cora Cheney was born on December 20, 1916 in Birmingham, Alabama. She attended the Florida State College for Women, and received a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in 1938. In 1971, she obtained a master's in education from Antioch College. She married Benjamin Partridge in 1939, but used her maiden name when writing. Cora and Benjamin had four children together. He worked for the U.S. Navy, and the family spent many years traveling to different bases in the U.S. and abroad. After he retired, he, Cora and two of their children traveled around the world by ship and jeep before settling in Vermont.

Ms. Cheney published her first children's book, Skeleton Cave , in 1954. Most of her books have been adventure stories for middle readers and young adults.

Source:

Something About the Author , vol. 3.

Scope
and Content:

The collection contains material for seven books. The materials are arranged alphabetically by title. Within each title the materials are arranged in the probable order in which they were created. Five of these titles are adventure stories or mysteries for middle readers and young adults. Tales From a Taiwan Kitchen is a collection of folk tales. The collection contains typescripts and galleys for The Mystery of the Disappearing Cars , The Peg-Legged Pirate of Sulu , Tales From a Taiwan Kitchen , and The Treasures of Lin Li-Ti . For The Case ot the Icelandic Dogs , and Vermont, the State with the Storybook Past , the collection holds one typescript. For Rendezvous in Singapore , there is one galley.